If you’re ready to take on the special campaign created for LEGO 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale, then you need to choose your character. Here is some guidance for making your RPG experience a fun one!
21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale is the new LEGO Ideas set that, once you’ve built it, has its own bespoke campaign that can you can play through.
So you’re thinking of playing LEGO Dungeons & Dragons and you’re looking at each character. There are four of them, but which one to pick? What does race and class mean? Before settling on who to play – and one mthod is just to pick your favourite minifigure from 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale – here’s a quick guide to the each of these classes from Faerûn and their proficiencies.
Every character has its advantages and disadvantages. That’s the whole point of playing as a co-operative team. Everyone will be able to contribute because of their unique abilities or enhances proficiencies. Blocks, the monthly LEGO magazine, is grabbing the character sheets to help you decide…
Race vs. Class
In D&D your race is basically your character type. Dwarves, humans, half-elves and elves are the most common to feature in parties but there are far more. It’s not something to really think about for this campaign as each race is predetermined by the minifigures, but, for example, elves have Darkvision (they can see in the dark) while humans do not. Race only usually determines certain biological differences or language abilities.
By comparison, class has far more importance for your character. Your class dictates what you can do. While there are common abilities across the D&D classes, certain ones allow you to do very specific things. Druids can Wildshape, bards are Performers and Wizards can cast certain spells. Again, this is all predetermined for the Red Dragon’s Tale campaign, but is something to bear in mind if you want to make your own character in future.
Dwarf Cleric
Being a Cleric is very important for any party. Clerics are known for being healers and have several spells to help party members who become injured, including Revivify if a monster lands a killing blow. If you want to be your party’s back-up, then Cleric is probably the way to go.
Elf Wizard
Wizards are challenging for first time players. There’s a lot of rules to casting spells and doing magic, but if you fancy something a little more complex then playing as a Wizard is very rewarding. This particular Wizard has some pretty good combat spells as well as knowing 5 cantrips (those are spells that don’t need spell slots, which is like free magic in D&D), so will be very good in a fight against monsters.
Another thing to know about Wizards though – they are vulnerable. All of that magic comes at the cost of armour and hit points, which adds to the challenge of playing these characters. Basically stay behind the fighters!
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Gnome Fighter
Fighters are some of the easiest to play and get into D&D rules. They are also tanks! That means they get lots of hit points and have very good armour. You’ll be playing on the front lines when it comes to taking down monsters, relying on weapons attacks and bonus attack actions. If you love the thrill of combat, then being a Fighter is the perfect choice.
And because this Fighter is a gnome, they can speak to animals, which is a very useful thing in D&D because you never know what the squirrels might tell you.
Orc Rogue
Another great starting option for a slightly easier character is the Rogue. As the name suggests, this is a sneaky class who is very good for picking locks, hiding and talking their way out of things. Sneak Attack can also be incredibly powerful (sometimes even more powerful than a Fighter) as you get advantage when hiding or when an ally is next to an enemy.
There is no wrong character to start playing with in D&D, though some will be more challenging at first than others. Read the character sheets and see what appeals to you – there will likely be a class that fits how you want to play. Find more tips for making the most out of your game here.